For those who may not receive this newsletter, I had to share the following unbelievable article. Imagine trying to track the Scott family! The tidbit of humor is great, too. Karen -----Original Message----- From: RootsWeb Review [SMTP:RootsWeb-Review-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: February 21, 2001 6:40 PM To: RootsWeb-Review-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Missing Links, Vol. 6, No. 8 ------------------------ HUMOR. An anonymous note your editors received ominously reads: There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." ------------------------------------- MISSING LINKS: RootsWeb's Genealogy Journal Vol. 6, No. 8, 21 February 2001, Circulation: 784,231+ (c) 1996-2001 Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley MISSING LINKS and ROOTSWEB REVIEW are free, weekly e-zines. MARRIED 10 YEARS WITH 19 CHILDREN by Chandra Martin lunar@ipa.net >From the ILLINOIS-IOWA-MISSOURI SEARCHER, Vol. 16 #1 Issue 53, page 25 (originally from THE NEWS-REPUBLICAN, Farmington, Iowa, April 6, 1911, but the dateline is Muskogee, Oklahoma). Married 10 Years, Have 19 Children Muskogee, OK -- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott of Highland, Kansas, are seeking a home in this state with plenty of land. They will need it, for although they have been married not quite ten years, they are the parents of nineteen children, all boys, and thirteen of them living. They hold the record for triplets, having five sets to their credit, and two sets of twins. All of her thirteen boys are under five years. Recently the Scotts, deciding that they must find more land, went to Alberta, Canada. They were not satisfied there and returned. On the return trip Mrs. Scott and her thirteen children all rode on one first-class ticket. At Omaha the conductor made a vigorous protest. "Madam, you cannot carry a whole Sunday School along with you on that one ticket," he said, "and you need not tell me those are all yours. You will have to pay for some of them." "The rules of this railroad provide that a child under five years may ride free, when accompanied by its parent with a first-class ticket, don't they?" retorted Mrs. Scott. "They do, but you will have to show me." Mrs. Scott dug down into her valise and brought out the Family Bible in which was recorded the names and ages of each of the children. The conductor had to give in. The mother and children occupied five double seats in the homeseekers' car and paid for only one. The names and ages of the children are: Ashbell, Archer and Austin, triplets 4 1/2 years old; Arthur and Arnold, twins, 3 1/2; Allan, Almon and Albin, triplets, 2 1/2; Albert, Albion and Adolph, triplets, 18 months; Abel and Abner, twins, 6 months. Mrs. Scott is 30 years old and her husband is only a year her senior. The mother and children are now in Highland [Doniphan County] Kansas, while the father is in Oklahoma seeking a location. * * * * * PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Written by [author's name, e-mail address, and URL, if given]. Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG, Missing Links, Vol. 6, No. 8, 21 February 2001. RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ BACK ISSUES of MISSING LINKS and ROOTSWEB REVIEW are fully searchable. Search all or download a specific issue by going to http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the free weekly genealogy e-zines, ROOTSWEB REVIEW and MISSING LINKS, send any e-mail to: rootsweb-review-unsubscribe@rootsweb.com TO SUBSCRIBE, send to: rootsweb-review-subscribe@rootsweb.com